Summary.
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. the youngest elected to the office, at the age of 43, first president to have been born in the 20th century he is also the only Catholic president, and is the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize
The Rise of John F. Kennedy
- John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)
- Served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
- First Catholic President
- Bay of Pigs Invasion
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- the building of the Berlin Wall
- the Space Race
- the African American Civil Rights Movement
- Early stages of the Vietnam War.
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